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Zhao Y, He J, Liu X, Yi C, Sun L, Zhu H. Construction and validation of a novel tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand mutant MuR5S4-TR. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol 2024; 20:210-219. [PMID: 36658682 DOI: 10.1111/ajco.13926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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AIM Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) can selectively kill tumor cells but has no significant effect on normal cells. However, the use of TRAIL is limited for resistance by more than 50% of the tumor cell lines. It's very important to develop a more efficient form of TRAIL for cancer treatment. METHODS The N-terminal in soluble fragments (114-281aa) of TRAIL was redesigned to construct a novel TRAIL mutant-MuR5S4-TR. The Cell Counting Kit-8 method to explore the antitumor effects. The potential mechanisms were also explored. RESULTS Novel TRAIL mutant with cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) like and Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (Smac) like structure-MuR5S4-TR was successfully constructed. The prokaryotic expression system was successfully built, and the MuR5S4-TR was purified and reconfirmed by western blot. MuR5S4-TR could enhance the antitumor effects of TRAIL in most of the cancer cell lines significantly, NCI-H460 lung cancer cell line, for instance. After MuR5S4-TR treatment, the expressions of death receptor 4 (DR4), DR5, Caspase-8, and cleaved Caspase-3 were remarkably increased, however, there was no significant difference in X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis expression. CONCLUSION We constructed a novel TRAIL mutant with CPP-like and Smac-like structure-MuR5S4-TR. The MuR5S4-TR showed significantly stronger antitumor effects than TRAIL in many tumor cell lines. The MuR5S4-TR showed strong antitumor effects both in vitro and in vivo. This preliminary study implies that MuR5S4-TR may be a more efficient form of TRAIL for cancer therapy.
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- Yaqin Zhao
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Osteoporosis, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Radoua A, Pernon B, Pernet N, Jean C, Elmallah M, Guerrache A, Constantinescu AA, Hadj Hamou S, Devy J, Micheau O. ptARgenOM-A Flexible Vector For CRISPR/CAS9 Nonviral Delivery. SMALL METHODS 2023:e2300069. [PMID: 37156748 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Viral-mediated delivery of the CRISPR-Cas9 system is one the most commonly used techniques to modify the genome of a cell, with the aim of analyzing the function of the targeted gene product. While these approaches are rather straightforward for membrane-bound proteins, they can be laborious for intracellular proteins, given that selection of full knockout (KO) cells often requires the amplification of single-cell clones. Moreover, viral-mediated delivery systems, besides the Cas9 and gRNA, lead to the integration of unwanted genetic material, such as antibiotic resistance genes, introducing experimental biases. Here, an alternative non-viral delivery approach is presented for CRISPR/Cas9, allowing efficient and flexible selection of KO polyclonal cells. This all-in-one mammalian CRISPR-Cas9 expression vector, ptARgenOM, encodes the gRNA and the Cas9 linked to a ribosomal skipping peptide sequence followed by the enhanced green fluorescent protein and the puromycin N-acetyltransferase, allowing for transient, expression-dependent selection and enrichment of isogenic KO cells. After evaluation using more than 12 distinct targets in 6 cell lines, ptARgenOM is found to be efficient in producing KO cells, reducing the time required to obtain a polyclonal isogenic cell line by 4-6 folds. Altogether ptARgenOM provides a simple, fast, and cost-effective delivery tool for genome editing.
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- Abdelmnim Radoua
- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
- INSERM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC), UMR1231, LNC, Dijon, 21000, France
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- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
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- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
- INSERM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC), UMR1231, LNC, Dijon, 21000, France
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- UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Reims, Cedex, 51687, France
- Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire, MEDyC, UMR 7369 CNRS, Reims, 51687, France
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- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Cairo, 11795, Egypt
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- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
- INSERM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC), UMR1231, LNC, Dijon, 21000, France
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- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
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- UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Reims, Cedex, 51687, France
- Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire, MEDyC, UMR 7369 CNRS, Reims, 51687, France
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- UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
- INSERM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC), UMR1231, LNC, Dijon, 21000, France
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Huang M, Yi C, Huang XZ, Yan J, Wei LJ, Tang WJ, Chen SC, Huang Y. Recombinant protein TRAIL-Mu3 enhances the antitumor effects in pancreatic cancer cells by strengthening the apoptotic signaling pathway. Oncol Lett 2021; 21:438. [PMID: 33868476 PMCID: PMC8045166 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.12699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant type of cancer and its treatment remains a major challenge. The novel recombinant protein TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-Mu3 has been shown to exert stronger tumor inhibitory effects in colon cancer in vitro and in vivo compared with TRAIL. The present study investigated the antitumor effects of TRAIL-Mu3 on pancreatic cancer cells, and the possible mechanisms were further examined. Compared with TRAIL, TRAIL-Mu3 exhibited significantly higher cytotoxic effects on pancreatic cancer cell lines. The inhibitory effect of TRAIL-Mu3 on the viability of PANC-1 cells was shown to be a caspase-dependent process. The affinity of TRAIL-Mu3 to PANC-1 cell membranes was significantly enhanced compared with TRAIL. In addition, TRAIL-Mu3 upregulated death receptor (DR) expression in PANC-1 cells and promoted the redistribution of DR5 in lipid rafts. Western blotting results demonstrated that TRAIL-Mu3 activated the caspase cascade in a faster and more efficient manner compared with TRAIL in PANC-1 cells. Therefore, TRAIL-Mu3 enhanced the antitumor effects in pancreatic cancer cells by strengthening the apoptotic signaling pathway. The present study indicated the potential of TRAIL-Mu3 for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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- Min Huang
- Department of Physiology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Chengdu Huachuang Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Chengdu Huachuang Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Chengdu Huachuang Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Chengdu Huachuang Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China
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Farooqi AA, de la Roche M, Djamgoz MBA, Siddik ZH. Overview of the oncogenic signaling pathways in colorectal cancer: Mechanistic insights. Semin Cancer Biol 2019; 58:65-79. [PMID: 30633978 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Colorectal cancer is a multifaceted disease which is therapeutically challenging. Based on insights gleaned from almost a quarter century of research, it is obvious that deregulation of spatio-temporally controlled signaling pathways play instrumental role in development and progression of colorectal cancer. High-throughput technologies have helped to develop a sharper and broader understanding of the wide ranging signal transduction cascades which also contribute to development of drug resistance, loss of apoptosis and, ultimately, of metastasis. In this review, we have set the spotlight on role of JAK/STAT, TGF/SMAD, Notch, WNT/β-Catenin, SHH/GLI and p53 pathways in the development and progression of colorectal cancer. We have also highlighted recent reports on TRAIL-mediated pathways and molecularly distinct voltage-gated sodium channels in colorectal cancer.
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- Ammad Ahmad Farooqi
- Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
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- Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences, Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; Cyprus International University, Biotechnology Research Centre, Haspolat, Mersin 10, North Cyprus, Turkey.
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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